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VCEL vs. VRNA, ROIV, ELAN, RVMD, LEGN, GRFS, TGTX, NUVL, LNTH, and AXSM

Should you be buying Vericel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vericel include Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (VRNA), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Elanco Animal Health (ELAN), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Grifols (GRFS), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Nuvalent (NUVL), Lantheus (LNTH), and Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vericel vs. Its Competitors

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share (NASDAQ:VRNA) and Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericel has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vericel has a net margin of 1.25% compared to Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's net margin of 0.00%. Vericel's return on equity of 1.09% beat Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary ShareN/A -69.65% -28.00%
Vericel 1.25%1.09%0.73%

In the previous week, Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share had 43 more articles in the media than Vericel. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share and 6 mentions for Vericel. Vericel's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share's score of 0.49 indicating that Vericel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
19 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vericel
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

85.9% of Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Vericel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vericel has higher revenue and earnings than Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share. Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vericel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share$118.54M71.65-$173.42M-$2.00-52.38
Vericel$237.22M7.87$10.36M$0.031,236.90

Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share presently has a consensus price target of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Vericel has a consensus price target of $61.14, suggesting a potential upside of 64.77%. Given Vericel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vericel is more favorable than Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15
Vericel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Vericel beats Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VCEL vs. The Competition

MetricVericelMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.87B$2.93B$5.57B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%4.23%4.03%
P/E Ratio1,237.3120.5028.6419.75
Price / Sales7.87267.15432.34182.50
Price / Cash127.4343.1536.0257.96
Price / Book6.277.768.235.67
Net Income$10.36M-$55.11M$3.24B$257.98M
7 Day Performance-10.59%1.03%0.05%0.56%
1 Month Performance-10.78%8.54%5.65%8.88%
1 Year Performance-28.94%-2.26%26.57%14.24%

Vericel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCEL
Vericel
3.6942 of 5 stars
$37.11
+0.0%
$61.14
+64.8%
-25.6%$1.87B$237.22M1,237.31300News Coverage
Positive News
VRNA
Verona Pharma PLC American Depositary Share
2.2694 of 5 stars
$91.20
-0.4%
$107.36
+17.7%
+387.3%$7.76B$42.28M-45.6030Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
2.7913 of 5 stars
$10.74
-2.3%
$17.50
+62.9%
-1.2%$7.30B$29.05M-42.96860Positive News
ELAN
Elanco Animal Health
1.4909 of 5 stars
$14.48
-1.1%
$15.33
+5.9%
+9.4%$7.19B$4.44B19.579,000
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.5999 of 5 stars
$36.67
-3.2%
$67.58
+84.3%
-17.8%$6.83B$11.58M-9.17250Analyst Forecast
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.37 of 5 stars
$35.87
+0.6%
$72.60
+102.4%
-26.7%$6.59B$728.30M-60.802,609Gap Up
GRFS
Grifols
3.5235 of 5 stars
$8.87
-2.3%
$10.30
+16.1%
+19.7%$6.10B$7.81B7.5823,822News Coverage
Gap Up
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
3.6141 of 5 stars
$35.98
-2.0%
$40.80
+13.4%
+78.5%$5.71B$329M149.92290Positive News
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.3039 of 5 stars
$77.93
-3.2%
$119.60
+53.5%
+1.8%$5.60BN/A-17.7540
LNTH
Lantheus
4.6203 of 5 stars
$79.19
-1.5%
$130.50
+64.8%
-34.0%$5.48B$1.53B22.50700Positive News
Gap Down
AXSM
Axsome Therapeutics
4.6945 of 5 stars
$107.50
+2.0%
$172.33
+60.3%
+33.0%$5.29B$385.69M-18.63380Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:VCEL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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